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IBM i

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    Add *DEVD with Attribute "DSPVRT" to the Admin Domain

    At our customers we configure the authorities of objects of type "*DEVD/DSPVRT" to ensure that only authorized users can use a workstation. Because of that when we do a SWITCH we need to have the *DEVD's in the other LPAR with the same authority. ...
    10 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

    Enterprise Extender should be able to utilize a proxy and FQDN for connections.

    Enterprise Extender should be able to utilize a proxy and FQDN for connections.
    11 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    In the run sql scripts window, save the open tabs so that they can be reopened automatically.

    In the run sql scripts window, several tabs are often open. When you're working on them for several days in a row, it's tedious to have to reopen them each time you start the window.It would be very useful to be able to indicate whether or not you...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

    Simplify multilingual support by changing CRTDSPF and CRTPRTF to support new MSGCON parameter "Resolve MSGCON MsgID values at" *COMPILE (default) *RUNTIME (optional)

    Multilingual support can be greatly simplified if IBM supports resolving MSGCON messages at *RUNTIME. Currently MSGCON messages are resolved at compile time only (not good). This is problematic because it locks-in compile time values to object whi...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

    Add lpar status to IBM Safe Guarded Copy screen

    IBM Safe Guarded Copy (SGC) See attached WRKSGCPY screen Before we try to recover to a SGC, or before we try to end recovery, we need to know that the recovery lpar is powered off. Add some function to the WRKSGCPY screen to see that.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

    New IBM i Service for NetServer

    I would like an IBM i service to see all the IBM i NetServer configuration
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

    Add Amazon Corretto functionality to Download Director

    With previous Java vulnerabilities as well as recent increase in cost, Java is being decommissioned by some organizations for Corretto. Also, there are many institutions that have security firewalls in place blocking the ability to download ptf's ...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 2 Submitted

    IBMi AJS 7.5 is linked to previous 7.2 instead of current 7.5

    I have updated my comments to the URL but as there were no response or changes I created this support. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-advanced-job-scheduler-ihttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ssw_ibm_i_75/pdf/rzasnadjspdf.pdfthis URL is linked to...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Documentation 1 Submitted

    Enable PowerHA Replication for PowerTech Products

    PowerTech Products are currently only installed on *SYSBASE, They Recommended replication of Certain Objects but i donot have the Option to add it to PowerHA. Here are the Objects that they are recommending to replicate for Authority Broker: Step ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    DDS: ASSUME keyword should be mentioned in the manual with the WINDOW keyword

    In the DDS manual for display files I would like that for the WINDOW keyword it is added that if a dummy record with the ASSUME keyword exists in the display file then the display will not be cleared. It could be added in the "related reference" s...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

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